Six schools that were used as evacuation centers after deadly mudslides displaced families in Hiroshima resumed classes Monday after the summer holidays.
At a junior high school in Asaminami Ward, students gathered in the gym to offer prayers after being told that one of their own, 15-year-old Shizu Furui, died in the disaster last month.
"Since the students are at a susceptible age, they are likely to be shocked by the death of someone close," principal Noriaki Matsushima said after the morning assembly. "We will work to provide them with psychological support."